TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Silvertips continue a six-game road trip tonight at Moda Center, visiting the Portland Winterhawks in the final meeting of the regular season … the Silvertips are in a stretch of five straight games against teams from the U.S. Division (3-1-0-0) … they currently hold a record of 18-11-5-2 against teams from the U.S. Division … the Silvertips road record this season is 17-8-6-1 … the Silvertips trail first place in the U.S. Division and Western Conference by one point with five games remaining … they have two games in hand on first place Seattle.

LAST GAME

EVT 5 – POR 1 (3-12-17): Dominic Zwerger scored a goal, added a pair of assists, and Mario Petit turned in a 22 save effort to help the Everett Silvertips cruise past the Tri-City Americans in a 5-1 victory before 4,793 fans at Toyota Center on Saturday in WHL action. Kevin Davis added a goal and an assist from the blueline while Noah Juulsen and Riley Sutter each earned a pair of assists. The Silvertips power play went 3-for-6 in the game.

Tonight is the finale of ten meetings between the Silvertips and Portland … last season, the Tips went 5-5-0-0 against Portland in the regular season and defeated the Winterhawks in the first round of the WHL Playoffs, 4-0 … they are currently 5-3-1-0 in the season series … all-time, the Silvertips have a record of 69-60-14 against the Winterhawks … Patrick Bajkov and Dominic Zwerger lead all scorers with 12 points in the season series.

The Silvertips would face the Tri-City Americans in the opening round of the WHL Playoffs … the Silvertips have clinched home ice advantage.

MILESTONE ALERT

The Silvertips earned the 500th win in their franchise history on Feb. 4 vs. Vancouver

Kevin Constantine earned the 300th win in his Silvertips career on Nov. 26 vs. Prince George

Patrick Bajkov played in the 200th game of his Silvertips career on Sept. 23 vs. Vancouver

Carter Hart played in the 100th game of his Silvertips career on Oct. 11 at Prince George

Noah Juulsen played in his 200th game of his Silvertips career and collected his 100th point on Oct. 22 at Victoria

Dominic Zwerger played in his 200th WHL game on Oct. 22 at Victoria

Matt Fonteyne earned the 100th point in his Silvertips career on Jan. 6 at Seattle ­­

Aaron Irving is 3 assists away from 100 in his WHL career

Kevin Davis earned the 100th point in his Silvertips and WHL career on Mar. 4 vs Seattle

TOP 5 TIPS TIDBITS

ROAD WARRIORS: With still four games to play on the road, the Silvertips have built a road record of 17-8-6-1 … their penalty killing on the road is fifth in the league at 81.4 percent … they have outshot their opponent on the road 21 times this season (13-4-3-1 record).

THE GOLD STANDARD OF CONSISTENCY: The Silvertips clinched a playoff berth in a 3-1 win over Kamloops on Feb. 25 … it was the 14th time in 14 seasons they clinched a playoff spot … the Silvertips are the only WHL team to make the postseason every year since they began play in 2003-04 … they have secured home ice advantage in the first round.

YOUTH IS SERVED: 13 players on the Silvertips roster are 98-born or younger … minus goaltender Carter Hart, they have combined for 646 games of experience this season, averaging to 53.8 games played … 99-born Jake Christiansen has played in all 65 games this season … 99-born Connor Dewar and rookie defenseman Wyatte Wylie have each missed only one game this season.

40-WIN CLUB: On Wednesday, the Silvertips defeated Spokane, 4-0 to reach the 40-win plateau for the fifth time in franchise history … they have reached 40 wins in two of the last three seasons.

FIRST THING’S FIRST: The Silvertips scored the first goal of the game in 41 games this season … when scoring first, the Silvertips are 32-3-5-1 this season … the Silvertips scored first, in last night’s win at Tri-City (5-1).

ON THE BOARD

The following Silvertips have collected their first career WHL point this season:

Bryce Kindopp (goal) – Sept. 23 at VAN (7-3 win)

Brett Kemp (assist) – Sept. 23 at VAN (7-3 win)

Wyatte Wylie (assist) – Sept. 30 at POR (3-1 win)

Eetu Tuulola (goal) – Oct. 2 at TC (2-3 OT loss)

Montana Onyebuchi (assist) – Oct. 11 at PG (4-0 win)

Brandson Hein (assist) – Oct. 27 vs. TC (4-2 win)

Orrin Centazzo (goal) – Nov. 16 at KAM (1-2 OT loss)

Ian Walker (assist) – Dec. 28 vs VAN (4-1 win)

BY THE NUMBERS – THE TIPS RECORD, WHEN THEY SCORE A GOAL:

Juulsen: 10-0-2

Onyebuchi: 1-0-0

Bajkov: 19-3-3

Centazzo: 4-0-1

Sutter: 11-2-2

Richards: 5-2-1

Fonteyne: 8-3-4

Hein: 2-0-0

Kindopp: 5-1-0

Christiansen: 3-1-2

Skrumeda: 2-1-1

Skoleski: 10-1-1

King: 2-0-1

Davis: 6-0-0

Dewar: 8-3-2

Irving: 2-0-1

Babych: 1-0-0

Tuulola: 11-1-3

Zwerger: 15-5-2

HART HAULS HONORS

Goaltender Carter Hart – CHL Goaltender of the Year, first goaltender selected in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft … named WHL Goaltender of the Week on Nov. 21 and again on Mar. 1 … was named to the CHL/NHL Prospects Game in 2015-16 in Vancouver (Team Orr) … named Silvertips MVP for the 2015-16 season … during the month of November he was 6-1-2 and led the league with a 1.11 goals-against-average, in addition to a .959 save percentage and three shutouts … he is coming off CHL Goaltender of the Week honors, the WHL Goaltender of the Month and his second straight WHL Goaltender of the Week award .. he is 82-38-7-10 with 19 shutouts in 144 career WHL regular season appearances … he is seven shutouts shy of the WHL all-time shutout record (26), held by Tyson Sexsmith.

CARTER HART, AMONG THE SILVERTIPS LEADERS:

WINS (CAREER) SHUTOUTS (CAREER)

RANK

PLAYER

YRS

WINS

RANK

PLAYER

YEAR

SO

1

Leland Irving

03-08

107

1

Leland Irving

03-08

21

2

Carter Hart

13-17

82

2

Carter Hart

13-17

19

3

Austin Lotz

11-15

72

3

Michael Wall

03-05

12

4

Kent Simpson

07-12

71

4

Austin Lotz

11-15

10

5

Michael Wall

03-05

35

5

Kent Simpson

07-12

6

Thomas Heemskerk

08-10

6

THE KEVIN CONSTANTINE FILE

Kevin Constantine is in his eighth season overall as head coach of the Silvertips, ranking as the club’s all-time leader in wins (323) and posting a record of 323-181-66 in his Everett career. All four of the Silvertips’ division titles have been achieved with Constantine as head coach, most recently in 2014-15 which was Everett’s first since 2006-07. He was the recipient of the Dunc McCallum Trophy (WHL Coach of the Year) in 2003-04, when the Silvertips broke nearly every WHL expansion record and became the first expansion team in WHL history to win a division title. Constantine has coached in the NHL over the course of seven seasons with San Jose, Pittsburgh and New Jersey, helping guide all three clubs to an appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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